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Populate a field with values from a list

Hello!

I need to write some values in a field.

There are around 10 different values, that i want to put in a field in random order. 

I guess i first need to put them in a separate table, or  in a list or array, and then with some formula write them in the field... but i dont know how to do that programmatically ).

Please help! )

9 replies

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    • Fred
    • 4 mths ago
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    Do you want a true random selection of values? Where you can get the same random number? Or do you want to exclude previous selections?

      • Agassi
      • 4 mths ago
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       The values can be repeated. 

    • Fred
    • 4 mths ago
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    This was an interesting ask. Here is my 2 cents on the matter. Put the following in a button and have a text field called Text on the same form.

    let letterArray := ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J"];
    let numArray := for loop1 from 1 to 11 do
            [floor(random() * 10)]
        end;
    Text := concat(for loop2 in numArray do
                item(letterArray, loop2)
            end)

    Line 1, creates an array of letters to print.

    Lines 2 - 4, use a for loop to create an array of 10 randomly generated numbers.

    Lines 5 - 7, uses a for loop and number array from line 2, to get the corresponding letter with the item() command. Then we use the concat() command to turn the new array into a string then set the field 'Text' to be equal to this new string.

    I'm not sure how I would not allow repeating numbers. I'll give that a try in the following days and report back if I find a solution.

    • John_Halls
    • 4 mths ago
    • Reported - view

    I know it's a bit of a sledgehammer to crack a nut but this gives and array of 0 to 9 randomly sorted

    let numArray := for loop1 from 1 to 100 do
            [floor(random() * 10)]
        end;
    unique(numArray)
    

    Regards John

    • John_Halls
    • 4 mths ago
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    This works in the console

    let letterArray := ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J"];
    let numArray := unique(for loop1 from 1 to 100 do
            [floor(random() * 10)]
        end);
    let Text := concat(for loop2 in numArray do
                item(letterArray, loop2)
            end);
    Text
    
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    • RoSoft_Steven.1
    • 4 mths ago
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    With comma's: (F,G,F,J,C,E,J,H,C,J)

    let letterArray := ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J"];
    for i from 0 to 10 do
        item(letterArray, floor(random() * 10))
    end

    Without Comma's: (DADCJCFEAC)

    let letterArray := ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J"];
    let p := "";
    for i from 0 to 10 do
        let c := item(letterArray, floor(random() * 10));
        p := p + c
    end;
    p

    Or oneliner with comma's:

    for i from 0 to 10 do item(["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J"], floor(random() * 10)) end

    • Fred
    • 4 mths ago
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    Thanks to here is another script to have non-repeating values.

    let letterArray := ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J"];
    let numArray := slice([0], 0, 0);
    while length(numArray) < 10 do
        let newItem := floor(random() * 10);
        if not contains(numArray, newItem) then
            numArray := array(numArray, [newItem])
        end
    end
    ;
    Text := concat(for loop2 in numArray do
                item(letterArray, loop2)
            end)
    
    • red_kite
    • 4 mths ago
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    Other two possibilitys. Repeating items

    let basicString := "ABCDEFGHIJ";
    join(for i in range(10) do
        item(basicString, floor(random() * 10))
    end, "")

    Nonrepeating

    let basicString := "ABCDEFGHIJ";
    join(for i in range(10) do
        let result := item(basicString, floor(random() * length(basicString)));
        basicString := replacex(basicString, result, "");
        result
    end, "")
    • Agassi
    • 4 mths ago
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    Guys, wow!

    Thank you so much! I did not expect such a variety in aproaching this task. Im gonna try every method and report back! 👍

    Thanks again!

    Good day to everybody!!!

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